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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022

Banjo, whistle, box and fiddle players gathered around a pub table, all playing together. — Playing tunes.

map — Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Tunes 🎶☘️🎻

BREAKING: Elon Musk to tell Twitter that in order to close this deal, they must first “Bring me a shrubbery!”

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

The idea that only Designers should Design strikes me as a kind of protective gatekeeping, not unlike the idea that only Priests know the word of God, and it should be spoken in Latin.

Monday, May 16th, 2022

… blogging is great isn’t it? You don’t have to write every week or every day. Just write when you have something you want to write about, and up it pops in RSS feed readers, or posted to Twitter, or whatever. Lovely.

— Phil Gyford

Saturday, May 14th, 2022

Replying to a tweet from @brad_frost

https://chloeweil.com/blog/i-can-tell-you-how-i-got-from-deep-purple-to-howling-wolf-in-just-25-moves/index.html

Checked in at Vine Street Tap. Daydrinking — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Vine Street Tap. Daydrinking — with Jessica

People sitting around in the dappled sunshine on the green grass in a park with the distinctive Indian-inspired architecture of the Brighton Pavilion in the background, all under a clear blue sky. — Brighton in the sun.

map — Checked in at Loam. Coffee and a sandwich — with Jessica

Friday, May 13th, 2022

A close-up of a microphone in a practice room. In the background, a guitar player tunes up and a bass player waits to start. — Time to go play some songs with @SalterCane.

Thursday, May 12th, 2022

Fuzzy blobs of orange light in the shape of ring. — Watching the livestream of @KLBouman introducing us to @EHTelescope’s image of Sagittarius A*—amazing!

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

A fiddler, a flute player, and a button accordion player playing around a table with pints of beer on it. — Playing tunes.

map — Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Session 🎶☘️🎻 — with Jessica

Monday, May 9th, 2022

Replying to a tweet from @css

Ah, memories!

It was 18 years ago that @Clagnut introduced the idea:

https://clagnut.com/blog/348/

(Not that he—or anyone else—would recommend it these days!)

Sunday, May 8th, 2022

Jessica standing under a blue sky a green sea on one side and white chalk cliffs on the other. — By land and by sea.

Jessica sitting on a green hillside under a blue sky. — By land and by sea.

Walking through the countryside to the seaside.

Walking through the countryside to the seaside.

map — Checked in at Ovingdean Gap Cafe. Stopping for an ice lolly, a nice cup tea and a sit down — with Jessica

Friday, May 6th, 2022

Checked in at Baker Street Coffee. Flat whites — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Baker Street Coffee. Flat whites — with Jessica

> I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that’s up there, bring it back and sell it. https://twitter.com/reel_geek/status/1521580826537910275 — I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that’s up there, bring it back and sell it.

https://twitter.com/reel_geek/status/1521580826537910275

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

map — Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Duelling banjos! — with Jessica